Thursday, May 24, 2018

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The Many Pleasures of Beirut

With 5,000 years of history behind it, Lebanon’s capital is a city of contradictions. Downtown, mosques and colonial remnants sparkle, while across the city bullet holes and other reminders of the country’s civil war scar the facades of run-down buildings. Elsewhere, young, hip neighborhoods host parties until the wee hours and ethnic communities are filled with restaurants and coffee shops.